In its broadest sense, terrorism is any act designed to cause terror. In a narrower sense, terrorism can be understood to feature a political objective. The word terrorism is politically loaded and emotionally charged.

Noun1. a radical who employs terror as a political weapon; usually organizes with other terrorists in small cells; often uses religion as a cover for terrorist activities (hypernym) radical (hyponym) hacker, cyber-terrorist, cyberpunk (member-holonym) terrorist cell, radical cellAdjective1. characteristic of someone who employs terrorism (especially as a political weapon); "terrorist activity"; "terrorist state" (similar) violent (classification) politics, political science, government